Thread and pin holder



Patented Nbv. 30,1880.

N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D c I UNITED STATES ATENTDarren.

THREAD AND PIN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 234,922, dated November30, 1880. Application filed August 19, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Soo'rro O. NASH, ofHarrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improvement in Holders forThreads, Pins, &c., of which thefollowing is a specification.

This device, which I term a travelers cademecu'm, is made with a box forreceiving buttons and similar articles, and with wings of peculiarconstruction at each side of the box for holding thread and formingpincushions, and the removable cover at one end has a receptacle forbeeswax on the inside, so as to keep the wax from becoming soiled, orfrom section of the holder.

soiling the fingers or other articles with which it might come intocontact, and the cover at the other end has a cushion, into whichneedles or pins can be placed, so as to be received into the box.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal Fi 2 is a cross-section atthe line mm, and Fig. 3 is an elevation. Fig. 4 is a section at the line3 3 The box or case portion of this holder is preferablyin the two partsa b, with caps or covers 0 and d, and these are cylindrical and adaptedto holding buttons, a thimble, e, or similar useful articles of thischaracter. The inside of the cover 0 is made as a cup, into whichbeeswax is introduced, as atf.

The cover d is made with a cylindrical inward projection, 72, and a holethrough the cover, into which is inserted a double-ended pincushion, k.This is adapted to receive long pins or needles at the inner end, thatare left projecting and pass into the thimble c, and ordinary pins canbe inserted into the outer end of the cushion.

The thread-holding wings are applied at opposite sides of case a b, andthey are flat, so as to occupy but little space when packed into atraveling-valise. The outer ends of the wings form horns Z l, to preventthe thread slipping ff, and there is a thread-holding catch at a,

next to the case, so that the end of the thread can be laid therein toprevent it being loose and unwinding. The wings are made of wood, andalso are constructed so as to form pincnshions. There is a layer offelt, 0, between two pieces of veneer, 88, the parts being gluedtogether, and to strengthen the cushions there are strips, 1' r, of woodat two of the edges of the felt, the grain of the wood in these pieces 1crossing the grain of the veneers The pins are easily stuck into thisfelt.

The combined cushion and thread-holding wing is glued into a mortise inthe side of the case.

I claim as my invention l. The combination, with a case having aremovable cover, of flat thread-holding wings projecting at oppositesides thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the case a and its cover 0, of a cup upon theinside of the cover for holding beeswax, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the case b and its cover, of a cushion for pinsor needles, having two heads, and introduced into a hole that goesthrough the cover, as set forth.

4. The thread-holding wings attached to the case, and having catches forthe thread between the wings and body, substantially as set forth.

5. The fiat cushion formed of two veneers with felt between them andglued together, and having pieces of wood at the edges of the felt, asset forth.

6. The flat cushion and thread-holder combined, made of two veneers withfelt between, and adapted to the thread being wound around it, in themanner set forth.

Signed by me this 16th day of August, A.

. SOOTTO O. NASH. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, OHAs. H. SMITH.

